Due to the clash with the FA Cup final, two Gameweek 37 matches will take place on Tuesday.
Those are Bournemouth v Manchester City and Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur.
And whenever there are Premier League fixtures, there are pre-match press conferences to accompany them.
Calum McFarlane (11am BST), Pep Guardiola (12.30pm), Andoni Iraola (1.30pm) and Roberto De Zerbi (1.30pm) are all facing the media today.
You’ll find the injury updates from all four pressers here.
KEY GAMEWEEK 37 TEAM NEWS UPDATES
- Manchester City: Fully-fit squad for Pep
- Chelsea: Lavia knock, McFarlane to assess players, Colwill could be rested
- Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario fit, Solanke out but could be back on final day
- Bournemouth: No injuries for Cherries, Cook to return, Christie banned
MANCHESTER CITY
Pep Guardiola, in his usual taciturn style, confirmed that he has a fully-fit squad for the trip to Bournemouth.
“Er… yeah.
“Unfortunately, it could not happen six months ago!” – Pep Guardiola on whether Manchester City’s squad was injury-free
Rodri (groin) returned to action in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
In a brief presser, the City boss didn’t provide any hints about what sort of side he’d field at the Vitality Stadium.
“Yesterday was recovery, now we are going to train this afternoon.” – Pep Guardiola
“Now, it’s just focusing on preparing what to tell the players, what they do in training, which players you have to use, which players are on the bench to make a good impact.” – Pep Guardiola
An embargoed section of Pep’s press conference is to come at 10.30pm tonight.
CHELSEA
Robert Sanchez (head), Pedro Neto (knock) and Alejandro Garnacho (knock) all returned to action in Saturday’s FA Cup final.
Romeo Lavia missed the clash with Manchester City with a knock, however.
“Romeo picked up a slight knock in the build-up to the game. Nothing major. But with Romeo, I didn’t want to take that risk, he didn’t want to take that risk.
“You just have to be careful with players like that.” – Calum McFarlane on Romeo Lavia
Calum McFarlane couldn’t tell us much else on the team news front.
“We’re going to train this afternoon and we’ll have a much better idea of where they are. It was a tough game on Saturday. We’ll have to see how they’ve reported in and how they’ve looked in training before we have any final say on the squad.” – Calum McFarlane
Joao Pedro seemed to be struggling before coming off on Saturday, while Reece James was making his first start in months.
“We have to see how all of the players come back today. They were in yesterday. Hopefully, it’s positive signs today when they report. We will make a decision as late as we possibly can.” – Calum McFarlane, when asked about the fitness of Reece James and Joao Pedro
Levi Colwill has also made successive starts after a long spell out, so the Blues could opt to protect him.
“We need to be careful with Levi. He’s obviously had a very serious injury. He’s performed well in those two games. We’ll see how he looks today, we’ll see how he reports and we’ll make a decision on that one.” – Calum McFarlane on Levi Colwill
As far as we’re aware, Jesse Derry (head), Estevao (hamstring) and Jamie Gittens (hamstring) are the only others still out.
European football is still within Chelsea’s grasp, so McFarlane said there was no problem about post-final, end-of-season motivation.
“We need to win the next two games to give ourselves the best chance to finish as high up in the league as possible and get European football back as our only focus in doing our job and putting in the performance we need to.” – Calum McFarlane
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Guglielmo Vicario (hernia) is available again for Spurs after two months out.
“Vicario is available to play. I decide tomorrow.” – Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi was then asked if it would be difficult to decide who starts in goal, with Antonin Kinsky having a great spell at present.
“No, it is not difficult. It is easy.
“Vicario is number one, but we have to consider the physical condition, the momentum and everything. I have a big relationship with Antonin Kinsky and with Vicario as well, and there will be no problem.” – Roberto De Zerbi on how difficult his decision is to choose a goalkeeper
The Chelsea match comes just too soon for Dominic Solanke (hamstring), although there’s a chance the striker could still play a part in Gameweek 38.
“Solanke is not good yet. He’s not available. He feels something, and I don’t want to take the risk for this game. We hope for Sunday, maybe for Sunday, he can be available for one part of the game.” – Roberto De Zerbi
James Maddison, injured all season, finally made it off the bench in Gameweek 36.
A full-game run-out is still beyond him, but De Zerbi didn’t completely rule out the prospect of a start.
“The beginning of this week, he didn’t work for a small problem, but yesterday and today, James worked very well. He is a special player, he is different player. Now he is not ready to play 90 minutes. I want to speak with him tomorrow morning and to take the best decision we can.” – Roberto De Zerbi on James Maddison
Xavi Simons (knee), Cristian Romero (knee), Mohammed Kudus (thigh), Wilson Odobert (knee), Ben Davies (ankle) and Dejan Kulusevski (knee) are still out.
De Zerbi left a glimmer of hope that Romero, previously ruled out for the season, might return earlier than expected, saying he “didn’t know” whether he could play again in this campaign.
BOURNEMOUTH
Bournemouth have a fully fit squad for the visit of Manchester City, with even Lewis Cook (hamstring/calf) back in training and available for selection.
“No injuries. Everyone wants to push, wants to play. It’s going to be difficult for me to even do the squad and decide the starting XI, the subs and this, but it’s good for the team.” – Andoni Iraola
“I think Lewis was the last one there, but he has been training normal for us all the week.” – Andoni Iraola on Lewis Cook
There is one definite absentee: Ryan Christie begins a three-match ban after his red card last weekend.
There was no indication as to whether Alex Jimenez is still suspended by the club. The presumption is that he’ll miss out again.
